Africa: 180 million people to benefit from World Bank’s $2.5B program to boost inclusive digitalization

The World Bank has launched a new $2.48 billion program that aims to improve internet adoption rates and infrastructure coverage gaps for more than 180 million people across eastern and southern Africa. The Inclusive Digitalization in Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) Program, launched recently, will focus on tackling common digital challenges including low internet coverage […]

Study on global dynamics of child recruitment in conflicts presented in Oslo by Dakhla-based center

A delegation from the Dakhla-based International Research Center for the Prevention of Child Soldiers (French acronym IRCPCS) presented, in Oslo on Monday, the findings of its latest report on the global dynamics that perpetuate the recruitment of children in conflict. The Center presented the results of field investigations through a major study entitled “Global Patterns […]

Europe’s far right pre-drafted its Ceuta narrative long before the migrant crisis

Europe’s far right did not discover the meaning of the Ceuta migrant surge last month. It arrived with the meaning already written, then selected the images and fragments that fit its anti-Moroccan and anti-migrant narrative to serve electoral purposes. Within hours of the first crossings, familiar conclusions were simply transposed onto the events, including open-border […]